ANGUS BEAT RENFREWSHIRE AT MONTROSE

A young Angus team, average age 21, upset the predictions that Renfrewshire would be defending champions Midlothian's main opponents in the Scottish women's county golf championship final at Montrose today. While Midlothian were having the anticipated easy win by 7 1/2-1 1/2 over Dumfries-shire, Angus were beating Renfrewshire 5-4 in a thriller of a contest that could have gone either way. Angus's one-point lead from the morning foursomes proved crucial as the singles were shared three wins apiece. Double winners for the host county were Anne Ramsay (Kirriemuir) and Heather Munro (Monifieith). Midlothian had two players who finished on the winning side in the foursomes and singles - Gabrielle MacDonald and Jane Turner. In Saturday's matches, Midlothian play Renfrewshire and Angus meet Dumfries-shire. Day 1 results: MIDLOTHIAN 7 1/2, DUMFRIES-SHIRE 1 1/2 Foursomes (3-0) C Hargan and G MacDonald bt D MacDonald and L Kirkwood 3 and 2; K Marshall and W Nicholson bt J Graham and E Greenlees 3 and 2; J Turner and H Scott t R Walker and K McCracken 6 and 5. Singles (4 1/2-1 1/2) Turner bt D MacDonald 5 and 3, G MacDonald bt McCracken, K McIntosh bt Kirkwood 3 and 2, L Fraser bt Greenlees 3 and 2, Nicholson lost to Graham 2 and 1, Marshall halved with Walker. ANGUS 5, RENFREWSHIRE 4 Foursomes (2-1) A Ramsay and J Meek bt D Jackson and L Sevenson 3 and 1; A Smith and H Munro bt A McKechin and I Stephen 7 and 6; A Summers and R Wilson lost to L Stevenson and C Whyte. Singles (3-3) Meek lost to McKechin 2 and 1, Ramsay bt Stevenson 4 and 3, J Chalmers lost to Whyte 3 and 2, Munro bt Jackson 3 and 1, Wilson bt Stewart 1 hole, Summers lost to G Kyle 1 hole. ends